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Principal: Mr Graeme Cupper Address: Commercial Street, Merbein, 3505 Phone: 03 50252501 Email: [email protected] Website: www.merbeinp10.vic.edu.au
ACTING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Mrs Sandra Luitjes
GENERAL NEWS
YEAR 10’S FINAL DAY Tomorrow, Friday 7th December we say goodbye to our Year 10 students. Their final day at Merbein P-10 College will start with a breakfast at school with staff, followed by a special assembly and conclude with a Graduation Dinner in the evening. I would like to take this opportunity to wish each Year 10 student the best for the future and I hope that they achieve success in their endeavours.
PUPIL FREE DAY Monday 10th December is our last Pupil Free Day. Staff will be involved in professional learning, moderation and planning for 2019. There will be no school for students on this day.
AWARDS PRESENTATION EVENING 2018 – G. Rhodes This year our Annual Awards Presentation Evening will be held at Club Da Vinci on Thursday 13th December commencing at 6.30pm. Students receiving awards will be notified prior to the evening. Students receiving awards on the night are required to attend in school uniform. Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend. Our awards evening acknowledges the contribution to our school and academic excellence of around ninety Primary and Secondary students each year. Through the generous support of community based organisations and businesses, we distribute over $4000 in cash and prizes to our award winners each year.
WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY – G. Rhodes
Tomorrow, Friday 7th December we will hold our final whole school assembly in the gym beginning at 9.15am. At this assembly, the Year 10 students’ final year of school will be acknowledged and the Student of the Month Awards will be presented. Families are welcome to attend.
NEWSLETTER 2018 Thursday, 6 December
2018
Successful Students – Strong Communities
DATES TO REMEMBER DECEMBER 7th Friday -Merbein Carols 6.30pm -Yr 10 Graduation Club Da Vinci -Whole School Assembly 9.15am
10th Monday Pupil Free Day
11th Tuesday -Whole School Orientation Day -Prep Practice 9am-3.12pm
12th Wednesday Sec Orientation Day
13th Thursday -P-1 Excursion -Yr 4-6 Art Exhibition -Yr 2-3 Excursion
-Presentation Night Club Da Vinci
14th Friday Yr 6 Graduation and morning tea
19th Wednesday -Student Reports Distributed -Class Parties after recess
20th Thursday -Pri Pool Day after recess -Sec ‘Lake Day’ at Cullulleraine
21st Friday -Last Day of Term -Early dismissal time of 2.30pm.
-NO OSHC on the last day of term
22nd Saturday Yr 10 Online Rugby Jumper Orders close
JANUARY 2019 29th Tuesday Sec Book Collection 30th Wednesday 1st day back at school for students
MARCH 2019 25th-29th Pri Stomp - Dance
2019 TERM DATES Term 1: 29/01/19 Staff return Students return 30/01/19 - 05/04/19 Term 2: 23/04/19 - 28/06/19 Term 3: 15/07/19 - 20/09/19
BREAKFAST PROGRAM The Merbein & District Community Bank & Merbein Development Association are financially supporting the Breakfast Program. Foodbank Victoria also supports the breakfast program with donations of food. The following organisations provide volunteers to assist with the program; Merbein P10 College parents, the Board & Staff of the Merbein & District Community Bank, Merbein Development Association, Merbein Lions Club, and Merbein Uniting Church. The Breakfast Program is held in the school cafeteria. All students are welcome to come along between 8.00am and 8.45am each morning if they would like a FREE tasty breakfast to kick-start their days learning.
If you have time to volunteer for this
community service from 8-8.45am on school
days, please contact the school, we would
love to hear from you. Please note that volunteers will need a Working with Children’s Check.
PLAY GROUP - TOTAL LEARNING CENTRE (TLC) A free Playgroup for children ages 0-5 and their parent/carer is held at Merbein P-10 College every Thursday from 1.30-3.00pm during the school terms. Children and their carers share books, make fun stuff, play, dance and sing. Parents can receive information and support, share a cuppa, and get to know other families. All families welcome. For more information phone April 0437 077 689. Transport is available.
SCHOOL BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS BSB - 063 714 Bank Acc Number – 10060535 Account Name - Merbein P-10 College Official Account.
UNIFORM SHOP School uniforms can be purchased from the school’s main office between the hours of 8.45am and 4pm during the school week. If these hours are inconvenient for you, please ring the school to make an alternate arrangement.
MERBEIN P-10 FACEBOOK PAGE Check the Facebook Page for updates about the school and upcoming events. www.facebook.com/merbeinp10college
PRIMARY NEWS
GREEN BUILDING WEEKLY ASSEMBLIES – W. Finn There will be no more weekly assemblies for the Prep – Year 3 students for the remainder of the year.
LOST PROPERTY Please check the Lost Property Box in the Green Building for your child’s missing clothing and other personal items.
PRIMARY GRADUATION ASSEMBLY The Annual Primary Graduation Assembly will be held on Friday, 14th December beginning at 9.30am. All primary school parents are welcome to attend! During this assembly, the Prep students will receive their celebration book on the stage and the Year 6 students will Graduate and receive their certificates. It is expected that the assembly will be completed by 10:30am. All Year 6 parents and students are then welcome to attend a special morning tea in Mr Harrop’s classroom.
SCHOOL TAKE-HOME BOOKS AND LIBRARY BOOKS The last day for Primary students to borrow library
books is tomorrow, Friday 7th December. All library
books need to be returned by Friday 14th
December. We ask families to please take the time to have a good check for books at home, both School Take-Home Books and Library Books as they are a very valuable resource for our students’ learning and expensive to replace. Thank you to the families who have already returned books.
MERBEIN CAROLS CHANGES – W. Finn Our primary students from Prep to Year 6 have been invited to participate in this wonderful local annual event, which will be held on Friday 7th December at
Kenny Park Merbein. Due to the predicted very
hot weather tomorrow night, the event will
still be held at Kenny Park, but it will be
moved to a much more shaded area, which
will be on the highway side of the Bowling
Club/Croquet Greens. It is the same area that Merbein’s Australia Day Breakfast is held which offers a great deal of shade. There will be signage at the Kenny Park gates to re-direct people to the new location. There will be ample parking within the park/football oval areas. Plenty of water will be provided, especially for the children in the choirs. The event begins at 6.30pm with BBQ food & drinks available & Mildura District Brass Band. Families are welcome to take a picnic tea to have on the lawns in
the shade. Students are asked to meet with
the teachers near the stage area at 7.15pm
for their performance.
Families will need to take their children to the event and supervise them during the event. Students are asked to wear Christmas clothes or Christmas colours (not their uniform) for their performance.
STUDENT BANKING PROGRAM If you wish your child to participate in this program, please send your child’s bankbook along to the Green Building Office every Thursday morning. The Bank will collect and process the banking and then drop the bankbook back to school before the end of the school day.
OPTIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT LESSONS AVAILABLE FOR PRIMARY STUDENTS – J. Hudson
Guitar lessons, both Group and Individual. For more information and cost, please email [email protected] or call Iwan Soebardi on 0418919220.
Drum lessons. Contact Luke McCarthy for more information and costs on 0417 897 906 or email [email protected].
Piano or keyboard lessons, the cost is $27 per 30 minute lesson plus books as required. For further information, please contact Louise Judd by email at [email protected] or phone 0408596944.
AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM (OSHC) Children must be booked into OSHC to attend. If bookings need to be cancelled, please notify Cheryll. Cheryll Hodge is our school’s OSHC coordinator and can be contacted on 0428 258035 if you have any
queries. Please note that there will be NO
OSHC on Friday 21st December.
YEAR 5-6 MELBOURNE CAMP - STUDENT REPORT - Ikaya On Monday 19th November, forty two Year 5-6 students and four teachers travelled down to Melbourne. Our journey was long but manageable. After all the “Are we there yets?” we finally reached the Miami Hotel in North Melbourne. This was the beginning of four fabulous days in Melbourne visiting and experiencing many fantastic places. The highlights being the ‘School of Rock Musical’, ‘ARTVO’ (pictures attached) and ‘Clip and Climb’. We all had a sensational time and wished it went longer.
YEAR 2-3 EXCURSION – W. Finn The Year 2-3 students’ excursion will be held next Thursday, 13th December. A permission note with
information will go home today. Students need to
bring a towel for this excursion as our Science activities will be water-based. Please ensure your child returns their permission note as soon as possible with payment if required.
YEAR 4-6 ‘GO HEALTHY AND HAPPY’ EXCURSION REPORT – M. Brown The Year 4-6 ‘Go Healthy and Happy’ excursion was a huge success. Students enjoyed lots of fun activities and a healthy snack and lunch.
YEAR 4-6 ART GALLERY INVITATION – B. Holy The Year 4-6 students’ parents and carers are invited to the grand opening of the Year 4-6 Art Gallery, which will be held in the Orange Building (Year 4-6 end) on Thursday 13th December at 2:30pm. Join us for light refreshments and check out the students’ amazing work.
YEAR P-1 EXCURSION The Year P-1 excursion will be held next Thursday 13th December. Information and a permission note will be sent home with each child soon. Please ensure their notes are returned as soon as possible.
CLASS PARTIES & KRIS KRINGLE – W. Finn The Primary Class Christmas Parties will be held after recess on Wednesday 19th December. Information
notes will be sent home with students soon. All
primary students are asked to bring along a
Kris Kringle gift on the day that is gender
neutral and with a cost of no more than $5.
POOL DAY EXCURSION DAY All the primary students will spend the day after recess at the pool on Thursday 20th December. Permission notes will be sent home soon.
YEAR 6 GRADUATION DINNER The Year 6 students will celebrate the end of their primary school years at a Year 6 Graduation Dinner with their teachers on Monday 10th December.
YEAR 2-3 NEWS – S. Gardiner Bernard (Santa's Chief Elf) wrote to the Year 2-3 Unit a few weeks ago requesting help with new and unique toy ideas for Christmas. The students enthusiastically took up the challenge to design, create and advertise prototypes. Each pair is now emailing Bernard persuading him why their new toy would be the perfect choice. Thank you to everyone who was able to pop into the Farm Learning Centre to view them all.
PREP PRACTICE REPORT – W. Finn Our 2019 Preps have had a wonderful day at Prep Practice this week. They enjoyed activities about ‘Dear Zoo’ and did some ‘PMP’ exercises. The last Prep Practice is ALL day next Tuesday 11th December from 9.00am-3.12pm.
SECONDARY NEWS
THANK YOU A big thank you to Andrew and Kylie Zrna from Merbein Vine Nursery for their extremely generous donation towards our girls Volleyball Team. This donation has helped our girls to go to the Australian Volleyball Schools Cup in Melbourne next week.
ORIENTATION DAYS – G. Rhodes On Tuesday 11th December and Wednesday 12th December our Year 10 students will be attending the Senior College for their orientation days. Here at Merbein P-10 our 27 Year 6 students will ‘step-up’ to Year 7 along with 130 visiting Year 6 students from other local primary schools. A special program will be organised for these two days that will help the students to transition from their current Primary School to our P-10 College in 2019.
BOOKLISTS 2019 – G. Rhodes Secondary students received their Individual Booklist for 2019 last week. All Booklists need to be returned to the school tomorrow, 7th December.
LIBRARY NEWS All borrowed library items are due back Friday 14th December 2018.
YEAR 7 HALLS GAP CAMP REPORT – Rob Morgan, Camp Coordinator Last week, eighty enthusiastic students jumped onto two buses and headed south to Halls Gap for the start of their Adventure Camp with Mr Morgan, Mr Luitjes, Mark Luitjes, Mrs McPhee, Melissa Perry, Mrs Drendel-Arthur and Mrs Rayson. The Adventure Camp is about getting students out of their comfort zone and encouraging them to be prepared to attempt and learn new things with support and encouragement from their peers, in the hope that new friendships will be developed. The camp began with the students being allocated to their rooms and learning about the campsite. Camp supervisors then took the students through some innovative games that required them to use team work, persistence and creative thinking. Over the following two days they participated in five challenging activities: High Ropes Course, Abseiling, Rocking Climbing, Mountain Bike Riding and walking the Pinnacle Track. Many of the students would have felt out of their comfort zone for all or most the activities, particularly those activities where they were required to be ten or more metres off the ground. The students enjoyed and survived these activities, receiving no more than a few bumps and scratches. They should be very proud and satisfied with the way they behaved and the manner they conducted themselves whilst on camp. They were fantastic ambassadors for the school and it was a pleasure to work and have fun with them over the four days.
LOST PROPERTY Please ensure your child’s clothing is clearly named. If your child is missing articles, please have them check the lost property box located in the main entrance to the school.
DOCTORS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS Remember our doctor’s room is open every Tuesday from 10am–3pm for secondary students. Student appointments can be made through staff at the school or by calling the Merbein Family Practice on 03 5025 2511 or students can simply drop into the rooms at recess or lunch on Tuesdays. This is a great service, not just when students are sick but for things like prescriptions, asthma and anaphylaxis plans, catch-up immunisations, mental health and any other issues
facing secondary students. Students will need to
give their Medicare Card details to the GP
clinic. An easy way to do this is for the
student to take a photo of the card on their
phone. Parents do not need to attend appointments with students but are very welcome to come along if the students wish.
2019 YEAR 10 RUGBY JUMPERS Orders are now open for the 2019 Year 10 Rugby Jumper. Our Rugby Jumpers are made in Adelaide by Silver Fleece, an Australian owned company.
Families need to order and pay for the
Rugby Jumpers directly with Silver Fleece
online at https://silverfleece.com.au/product/merbein-2018-leavers-rugby. The design of the 2019 Year 10 Rugby Jumper will be the same as this year’s with students having the option to personalise their top with a name or nickname. These will then be sent to the school for approval before printing. Payment is via Credit Card or PayPal only and you must choose the “Local Pickup” shipping option during checkout – otherwise you will be charged a delivery fee.
Cost is $84.50 each. Orders close 22nd
December 2018. Students will be fitted for their Rugby Jumpers at school. Available sizes showing online are from 10 – 28 but larger sizes can be ordered if needed. Once you get to checkout, you can write the size required in the Order Notes (optional) box.
END OF YEAR ARRANGEMENTS – G. Rhodes The following arrangements are in place for the
completion of the school year. Year 10 students will be involved in their Orientation Week at the Senior College from Tuesday 11th to Friday 14th December. They will then be cleared for part time work obligations. Year 7-9 students will have regular classes up until and including Tuesday 18th December. The students will participate in the following Activity Program in the last three days of school. On Wednesday 19th December, students will participate in activities based around team work, and will have the opportunity to visit an out of school recreational venue. On Thursday 20th December, we will hold our Annual ‘Lake Day’ Excursion, where students can participate in outdoor activities with the theme of ‘fun in the outdoors in a safe and Sun Smart environment’. On Friday 21st December, students that attend will be involved in activities to help prepare the school for 2019 including checking and cleaning books and equipment.
A permission note was sent home with all
students, please check that your child’s
note has been returned.
Arena Jacket
CHANGES TO SECONDARY UNIFORMS We are phasing out our summer skirt, white girls blouse and Microfiber Sports Jacket to cut down on the number of uniform elements available to students. These items can still be worn as the school uniform but we will not be reordering them once supplies have been depleted. Therefore the items below have been reduced in price as follows. Please note there may be limited sizes available in these items. Summer Skirt - $30.00 White Blouse – $30.00 Microfiber Jacket - $50.00 The Microfiber Sports Jacket is being replaced with a new Arena Jacket shown in the picture. It is a much warmer option and is priced at $80.00.
COMMUNITY NEWS
DEADLY CHOICES MALLEE DISTRICT ABORIGINAL SERVICES (MDAS) Mallee District Aboriginal Services (MDAS), are hosting ‘The Deadly Choices Roadshow’ on 14th December from 10-3pm at Nowingi Place, Mildura. The day is all about connecting with the community and we invite everyone to come join in on some deadly activities. Deadly Choices is an indigenous term used to describe and promote living a healthy lifestyle. ‘A Deadly Choice is a Healthy Choice’. This event is sugar, drug and alcohol free. Encouraging everyone to utilize our local services and feel connected within the community through cultural activities, Elder storytelling, mini touch rugby competition, yoga/ pilates/ line dancing sessions, jumping castle, artist workshops and local artists performing on the day. For further enquires phone 03 5018 4100 Ext: 139 or email: [email protected].
MERBEIN ROTARY COMMUNITY CAROLS Held at Kenny Park Merbein on Friday 7th December. Food & drink stalls and brass band entertainment from 6.30pm. Main program starts 7.30pm. Carols singing with Local Schools and Community Choirs. Free Glow Candles. Santa (approx. 9pm) This is an ‘Alcohol Free Event’. BYO chairs/picnic rugs. For more information, contact Kay Wagner 5025585.
2019 RELAY FOR LIFE The 2019 Relay for Life will be held on 23rd March at 2pm and 24th March at 8am at the Soccer Park, Old Aerodrome Ovals, 11th Street, Mildura. Start thinking about registering a team and get your fundraising underway. For more information contact Rosemary Smallman, Team Liaison, Mildura Relay for Life, on email [email protected].
STATE OF ORIGIN SA v VIC Witness a Great night of Harness Racing as the Leading SA and VIC Harness Drivers and their Guest AFL coaches battle it out in the Inaugural State of Origin Race Series. Held at the Mildura Harness Racing Club Recreation Reserve Mildura Gates open at 4pm. Entertainment for the whole family. For bookings and more information, contact The Mildura Harness Racing Club office on 50232454 or Michelle on mobile 0447380214.
SUNRAYSIA RENEGADES CRICKET LEAGUE Held Mondays from 5:30-7:30pm at the Old Aero Ovals, 11th St Mildura. All equipment provided. No experience required, perfect for any girls aged 9-15. Get your friends together to form a team or we'll find one for you! For more information contact Tom email [email protected] or phone 0408321877.
SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES FOR 12-16 YEAR OLDS Mildura Rural City Council Student Services in January. Bookings close 11th January. Registration forms are available by contacting [email protected] or www.mildura.vic.gov.au/youth. For further information, contact MRCC Youth Services on 50188280.
14th Movies &Pizza Cost $15
15th Laserforce Cost $15
16th Pool Day Free
17th Inflatable World Cost $15
18th Woodsies Gem Shop Free
21st Pool Day Free
22nd Paddle Steamer Melbourne Free
23rd Aqua Coaster & Putt Putt Cost $15
24th Movies & Pizza Cost $15
25th Pop Up Recording Studio Free
